Thanks gents. I really feel I need to start doing some carving now, just 
to justify having such lovely carving tools.


And Scott, agreed, the little brass spokeshaves are pretty darn cool. 
Looking at the stamp on the box - Aldon - finds a bunch of these on the 
internet: 
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?c=&p=32681&cat=1,50230&ap=1 
though the fact I have 5 might indicate I have most of two sets jammed 
together? Whatever the case, nifty little things, and at $5 for the 5... 
well you can't really go wrong for $1 each, now can you?


Cheers,

Philip.